Top native plants
20 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Northern Red Oak
Quercus rubra
keystone
caterpillars
398
hosts
95
food
185
flowers
39
shelter
4
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White Oak
Quercus alba
keystone
caterpillars
383
hosts
104
food
163
flowers
49
shelter
6
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Post Oak
Quercus stellata
keystone
caterpillars
349
hosts
92
food
131
flowers
28
shelter
4
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Swamp Chestnut Oak
Quercus michauxii
keystone
caterpillars
344
hosts
88
food
112
flowers
24
shelter
5
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American Plum
Prunus americana
keystone
caterpillars
304
hosts
14
food
64
flowers
167
shelter
1
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Sweet Birch
Betula lenta
keystone
caterpillars
282
hosts
21
food
49
flowers
10
shelter
1
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Chickasaw Plum
Prunus angustifolia
keystone
caterpillars
251
hosts
11
food
51
flowers
81
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Cockspur Hawthorn
Crataegus crus-galli
caterpillars
125
hosts
6
food
29
flowers
14
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American Hazelnut
Corylus americana
caterpillars
124
hosts
5
food
16
flowers
11
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Washington Hawthorn
Crataegus phaenopyrum
caterpillars
123
hosts
6
food
29
flowers
14
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Green Hawthorn
Crataegus viridis
caterpillars
117
hosts
6
food
29
flowers
12
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Mockernut
Carya tomentosa
caterpillars
104
hosts
72
food
32
flowers
7
shelter
2
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Common Serviceberry
Amelanchier arborea
caterpillars
94
hosts
5
food
38
flowers
79
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Valley Oak
Quercus lobata
keystone
caterpillars
83
hosts
51
food
41
flowers
25
shelter
6
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Baldcypress
Taxodium distichum
caterpillars
15
hosts
8
food
9
flowers
3
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Saw Palmetto
Serenoa repens
caterpillars
6
food
5
flowers
73
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Sweet Pepperbush
Clethra alnifolia
caterpillars
6
food
3
flowers
179
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Red Mulberry
Morus rubra
caterpillars
5
hosts
2
food
18
flowers
2
shelter
1
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Moss Phlox
Phlox subulata
caterpillars
2
food
1
flowers
49
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Carolina Sweetshrub
Calycanthus floridus
flowers
1